5 key considerations when choosing a technology partner When shopping for a comprehensive SAAS (Software as a Service), ERP (Enterprise Resource Programme), or MRP (Materials Resource Planning )software solution, one must spend considerable amounts of time...
Its been a great week for the UK’s aerospace sector with the return of the internationally renowned Farnborough Airshow and a host of positive news stories, including:: Boeing and the UK government announced plans to extend their successful long-term partnership,...
PTC (NASDAQ: PTC), which operates in the UK from its base in Farnborough, has today launched its Windchill+ product lifecycle management (PLM) software. Viewed by many as the next generation of the company’s market-leading Windchill® software, the new solution is...
Energy Market Insight: What happened in 2022? Key Market Drivers Ongoing tensions around the Russian invasion of Ukraine keeps markets volatile Continual threats to cut off Russian gas supplies not executed, with stable flows throughout March North West Europe...
We are proud to announce we are going to present our IONA System at Smart Factory 2021, 10&11 November, in Liverpool. Our flagship product IONA has been developed to tackle the challenges of robot performance and flexibility. The hardware and software have been...
We are proud to announce we are going to present our IONA System at Robotics & Automation 2021, 2&3 November, in Coventry. Our flagship product IONA has been developed to tackle the challenges of robot performance and flexibility. The hardware and software...
Digital Twin Digital Twin – The Challenge Creating a digital replica of a manufacturing process (often referred to as a digital twin) allows changes to be assessed, programmed and validated offline before needing to change the physical system. This can be...
Robot Machining with IONA by INSPHERE The Challenge Robots typically rely on their repeatability to perform automated operations but there are some tasks where inherent accuracy is just as important. One example of this is robot machining operations, particularly so...
The Challenge When a robot fails in production, unplanned downtime can cost over £10,000 per minute in high throughput systems. As mechanical systems, robots are also subject to wear and tear and their positional accurate can ‘drift’ over time. This can result in...
The Challenge Typically, robots rely on their repeatability not their accuracy. When a robot first moves to a programmed position it may only get there to within +/- 2mm. It will however always go back to that same position to within +/-0.05mm. This lack of accuracy...
The Protool Plastics Group will be exhibiting polymer heatsinks at Interplas 21, NEC Birmingham on 28th to 30th September 2021. Featured on the stand will be our thermal management polymers aimed at the LED Lighting, Electronics and Automotive industries....
Cutting Blue is continuously investing in high quality tooling from Hoffmann Group and high-precision collet holders – Centro P made by Eugen Fahrion GmbH & Co. KG to produce high quality parts for EV industry. Here is one example of 4 Flute Alu Cutter with...
Construction of Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team’s brand-new buildings (a new factory and a new windtunnel) in Northamptonshire has begun and a ceremonial breaking-ground ceremony has taken place on the new plot. Aston Martin Executive Chairman Lawrence...
A consortium of seven UK-based organisations has signed a memorandum of understanding to combine ambitions to develop world-leading prototype solid-state battery technology, targeting automotive applications. Solid-state batteries offer significant potential...
The Protool Plastics Group has delivered a complete range of pet toys, from design, proto-typing and toolmaking to full mass production in 10 weeks. This is another major reshoring success for the Fareham and Manchester based injection moulding group. Group Managing...
The Protool Plastics Group is pleased to announce that our Fareham site ‘Protool Plastic Components’ has been awarded a UK Enterprise Award, Best Plastic Injection Moulding Service 2021. Its a fantastic achievement and testament to the outstanding service...
Contrinex’s SMART Sensors Keep Shafts Turning with Low-cost Bearing Condition Monitoring – www.Smart.PLUSAx.co.uk Contrinex Smart Sensors offer a low-cost single sensor solution for condition-based monitoring of critical rotating machinery. They are able to...
“Take-up of a new platform can often be a challenge, even if it ticks every box. It’s so important to get the sales team involved in the development of the sales tool from the very beginning in order to get 100% adoption. POP ran an initial workshop for some of the...